The Bacino di San Marco, Venice, looking towards the Doge's Palace and the Piazzetta, with the Bucintoro and other shipping

Vanvitelli painted several versions of this hitherto unpublished picture, of which the earliest known is dated 1697 (G. Briganti, Gaspar van Wittel, Milan, 1996, pp. 240-243, nos. 287-294). The composition, therefore, predates the earliest known painted views by Luca Carlevarijs, generally considered the first of the Venetian vedutisti, by some seven years.

See also the note for the preceding lot.